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White Bean Salad with Native Tamarind, Lilly Pilly & Ooray Plum Recipe

Healthy choice

Mostly whole foods

Gluten-free option

Soy-free option

Nut-free option

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Easy peasy

Super quick

One-pot recipe

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A black bowl filled with a white bean salad—white beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, and red peppers—on a wooden table.
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When you get the opportunity to try some native Australian fruits, DO IT. Fresh, wholesome, and nutrient-packed, the lilly pillies and Ooray plum give this dish a uniquely Australian flavour.

You will need

Serves 2

  • 1 cucumber, diced
  • 2 ripe truss tomatoes, diced
  • 2 long red chillies, finely sliced
  • 20 lilly pillies (or can sub 20 grapes)
  • 2 Ooray plums (or can sub 2 plums)
  • 1 tamarind
  • 1 can white beans

Dressing

  • 30ml white wine vinegar
  • 50ml extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon caster sugar
  • 1 shallot, finely diced

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Directions

15 mins to prep

  1. Step 1

    Add the vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, sugar, and shallot to a bowl and mix to combine.

  2. Step 2

    Then add the cucumber, tomatoes and chilli.

  3. Step 3

    Take the seeds out of the native fruits and dice up the flesh. Add them to the bowl, along with the beans, and mix everything together very well to incorporate not only flavour but colour.

  4. Step 4

    Portion out into bowls, or serve on a big ol’ serving plate, and relish the special flavours of Oz!

Variation

If you’re loving the Aussie theme of this dish, why not take it even further? Apple berries, warrigal greens, and pepperberry (as a seasoning) are some other complementary bushfoods you could throw into the mix 🙂

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